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Kilnhurst 142 for 8 Denaby Main  79

13 July 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 July 1894 Kilnhurst 142 for 8 Denaby Main  79 Played at Kilnhurst on Saturday. The home team declared their...

Swinton Urban Council

South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Coun. Jack Haythorne (Chairman of Swinton urban council) and his wife, marie, gave a buffet party for...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade

May 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894 South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade Great Increase Of Local Tonnage 100,000 Tons More Sent In...

South & West Yorkshire Coal Trade – Exports from Hull in 1903

January 1904
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer — Friday 08 January 1904 South and West Yorkshire Coal Trade Exports from Hull in 1903 Yorkshire colliery owners and Hull shippers...

South Yorkshire League Table

30 June 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Friday June 30th, 1893 South Yorkshire League Table Team P W L D Pts Mitchell Main 6 5 1 0 10 Wath 5 4 1 0 8 Carbrook Reform 6 3 3 0 6 Greasborough 7 2 4 1 5 Rawmarsh 4 2 2 0 4 Kilnhurst 4 1 2 1 3 Denaby Main 6 2 4 0 4 Thrybergh Park 5 1 4 0 2

Wedding of Arthur Read (brother of Ethel maternal grandmother) 1931   The wedding took place in the Kilnhurst Parish Church on Boxing Day of Mr. Arthur...

The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.

May 1903
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903 The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures. The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...

Cricket – First Division – Bowling Averages

28 June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895 Bowling Averages Name Club Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Lister Rawmarsh 89 36 117 32 3.21 Nicholson Mexborough 99.1 43 138 33 4.6 T. Gale Wentworth 103.1 30 167 37 4.19 Jackson Kilnhurst 30.3 5 51 10 5.1 Kilner Mitchell 31 11 47 9 5.2 J. Ards Wath 24 6 48 9 5.3 Lister Mitchell 54 19 102 19 5.7 Beckett Mexborough 98 16 196 34 5.26 W. Oates Elsecar 34 9 62 9 6.8 M. Hirst Elsecar 119 50 205 28 6.9 Robinson Mitchell 91.2 38 118 18 6.10 G. W. Platts Rawmarsh 57 15 130 20 6.10 J. Cox Wentworth 74.2 25 106 16 6.10 W. Bamforth Elsecar 155 51 225 39 6.11 Rev. Sharpe Elsecar 38 8 88 13 6.12 R. Needham Mitchell 77.3 30 134 20 6.14 G. Gale Wentworth 22.3 5 42 6 7.0 J. Needham Mitchell 36 4 92 12 7.8 Taylor Swinton 35.3 10 87 11 7.10 Wood Swinton 75.1 23 152 20 7.12 J. Ellis Wath 64 15 106 13 7.15 Blurton Kilnhurst 107 40 163 21 7.16 Whittlestone Wombwell Main 68 13 112 12 9.4 Atkey Swinton 51.3 22 91 9 10.1 Dickinson Swinton 24 13 31 3 10.1 Payling Rawmarsh 36 10 73 7 10.3 Bell Swinton 43.1 8 124 12 10.4 Jas....

Cricket – First Division – Batting Averages

28 June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895 First Division – Batting Averages Name Club Inns Not Out Total Runs Average J. Morton Kilnhurst 7 1 154 24.6 A. Jepson Rawmarsh 4 1 93 23.1 R. Oates Elsecar 10 5 193 21.4 W. Bamforth Elsecar 11 2 181 20.1 Trueman Wombwell Main 7 1 141 20.1 Woodcock Mitchell Main 7 1 118 19.4 Kemp Swinton 5 0 74 14.8 “Middy” Bennett Mexborough 11 1 189 18.9 P. Needham Mitchell 8 2 90 18.0 J. Needham Mitchell 9 2 125 17.8 Greasley Mitchell 7 0 85 17.0 Hirst Elsecar 11 0 175 15.9 Gillidge Mexborough 5 2 47 15.2 Saxton Kilnhurst 5 1 63 15.2 Lister Rawmarsh 9 1 120 15.0 F....

Denaby Main 82 Houghton 84 for 9

21 June 1895
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 21 June 1895 Denaby Main v. Houghton Played at Houghton on Saturday, and resulted in a...

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The Hull coal return shows that during the past...

Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute

May 1893
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893 Local Collieries and the Hull Trade Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...

Fancy Dress Competition

South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Martin davis dressed as a tramp in the fancy dress competition at Kilnhurst church Of England School P.T.A’s...

Mining Operations in the Don Valley – Easterly Extension

May 1893
Sheffield Independent – Friday 19 May 1893 Mining Operations in the Don ValleyEasterly Extensions The development of the South Yorkshire coalfield in an easterly direction has...

Drunkenness Cases

April 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883 Drunkenness Cases James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....

A Jagger Portrait

May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933 A Jagger Portrait A portrait of Miss Ruth Graves, daughter of Alderman J. G. Graves, the Sheffield philanthropist, by David...

The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull

March 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883 The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...

South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade

April 1893
Sheffield Independent – Thursday 20 April 1893 South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade In consequence of the Hull dispute and the disorganised state of affairs at...

Labour Demonstration At Mexborough – Glass Trade Dispute

April 1891
Leeds Mercury – Monday 17 April 1893 Labour Demonstration At Mexborough The Glass Trade Dispute A demonstration took place on Saturday under the auspices of the Mexborough...

Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute

April 1893
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 17 April 1893 Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute The second annual demonstration in connection with the Mexborough and District...

Breach of River By-Laws

April 1893
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893 Arthur Squires, a boatman, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for a breach of the by-laws of the River...

Curious Case At Kilnhurst

April 1893
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893 Curious Case At Kilnhurst Late on Sunday evening a man who gave the name of George Stewardson was...

Kilnhurst 0 Barnsley St. Peter’s 4

April 1893
Sheffield Independent – Monday 03 April 1893 Kilnhurst v. Barnsley St. Peter’s At Kilnhurst, before a large attendance, Barnsley played the same combination, with one exception,...

Flooding

February 1883
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883 Flooding The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

February 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...